It wasn't to long before Rose, Jasper, and Emerald had the planet in their sights.
"That's the place?" Jasper asked Rose when they were closer to the planet.
"Yes, this is the place," Rose replied.
"It looks kind of strange," Jasper said. It looks nothing like the planets in our galaxy."
"Maybe that's a good thing," Emerald said from behind the two. "If it's different, then it could provide the key to bring Homeworld into a new era."
"Yeah, sure," Rose said through her gritted teeth.
They eventually landed on the grounds of the planet. The doors of the ship opened revealing the planet to the three gems.
"Woah," Emerald said with starry eyes. "This planet is amazing!"
Emerald's hair and dress started to flow more and she lifted up off the ground. She only floated for a second, but she started to float higher and flew right out of the ship.
"Emerald!" Jasper called after her. "You didn't tell me you could fly!"
"I get my energy from sunlight. After all, I have nature powers. I can control weather, animals, and so forth," Emerald said.
"To bad Homeworld doesn't get much sunlight," Jasper said stepping out of the ship. "Your powers could have been very helpful in a lot of past situations."
"Yep," Emerald said laughing while flying around with birds and holding rabbits in her arms.
"Come on, you two," Rose said. "We have a lot of ground to cover."
"Oh, okay," Emerald said hovering above Rose and Jasper.
Emerald's hair was so long and flowing in the air that it looked like outstretched wings. Her dress looked like ivy vines growing on walls as it flowed in different directions.
"Jasper and I can go this way," Emerald said pointing in a random direction.
"Sounds good to me. What do think, Rose?" Jasper asked.
"Oh, sure," Rose said through gritted teeth staring daggers at Emerald.
"Great," Emerald said. "See you at sun down. Come on, Jasper!"
Emerald flew off with several creatures following behind her.
"Wait up!" Jasper called after Emerald with a little laugh. Jasper chased after Emerald to see where she was going.
Jasper soon found herself in the middle of a group of strange-looking trees. They weren't green like the others. They looked like they were covered in some kind of flowers.
"Emerald," Jasper called out. "Where'd you go?"
Suddenly, Emerald came falling out of the sky and landed on top of Jasper. With such a strong collision, Jasper and Emerald slid back into one of the weird trees.
"Ha, I got you!" Emerald laughed still laying on top of Jasper.
"Okay," Jasper laughed. "You got me."
Then, some random butterflies kept landing in Jasper's hair.
"Aww," Emerald said. "They like you." One of the butterflies flew out of Jasper's hair and landed on Emerald's finger.
"Such a courious planet," Emerald said looking at the butterfly.
"Yeah," Jasper said resting her hands on her head. "A really courious planet."
Meanwhile, Rose was looking around in her direction. She had not seen many creatures. She mostly just saw plants.
"Nice. Very nice." Rose heard someone say.
"Is someone their?" Rose asked climbing up a tree.
The voice didn't answer, but once Rose was at the top of the tree, she didn't need it to.
"Do you suppose that there are any dangerous beasts here?" a creature asked a similar looking one.
The creatures didn't look that different from gems. The only difference was that they didn't have gemstones on their bodies.
"Nonsense," one of the two creatures said. "Us humans are far more superior than any beast we could find out in the wild."
"Humans," Rose silently said to herself. "They're called humans."
Rose quickly climbed down out of the tree and went rushing back to tell Jasper and Emerald about the discovery she made.
It took her whike to find them. She looked in every space down the path that Emerald said she and Jasper would take. Eventually, Rose foind the two lying underneath a tree.
"There they are," Rose said to herself and headed towards the two.
Jasper and Emerald didn't see Rose from where they were.
Emerald looked in her hand. A flower from the tree had fallen into it.
"Jasper, look at this," Emerald said showing Jasper the flower.
"Yeah," Jasper said. "These things look nice. You know what?"
"What?" Emerald asked.
"You should try wearing one in your hair," Jasper said.
"Oh," Emerald said. "Okay."
Jasper took the flower out of Emerald's hand and placed it in Emerald's hair behind her ear.
"How do I look?" Emerald asked with a little blush.
"You look great," Jasper said blushing and smiling.
Rose was still walking towards the two, but she suddenly stopped in her tracks. Emerald had wrapped Jasper's arm around her and leaned against Jasper's chest.
Rose stepped behind a tree, so they wouldn't see her.
Emerald started to lean in closer to Jasper. Jasper turned her head towards Emerald. Emerlad closed her eyes and moved in closer and closer until her's and Jasper's lips met. Japser's eyes shot up in surprise, but slowlu-y closed after a couple of seconds.
Rose's heart stopped. Jasper and Emerald had just kissed. She felt like she couldn't breathe. She took a few steps back. Her eyes started to fill up with tears. She shook her head a little and ran off.
Rose kept running and running through the trees. Dark clouds started rolling in and the Sun was out of sight. The trees stoppped looking so pleasent. They started to look dead and had sharp branches pointing in every direction. Rose's dress kept getting snagged and ripped. It started to rain hard and thunder loudly. Rose's hair started to lose all of its curls and fluff. It sagged down perfectly straight and soaking wet.
Rose stopped in her tracks. She leaned against a tree and continued to cry.
Rose spoke to herself between sobs: "No...no...Jasper...I thought...I never...Why?"
Rose's crying got softer after a couple minutes. She was still crying lightly, though. She started to walk in the rain.
In all her depression, Rose began to sing to herslef:
"On my own, pretending she's beside me
All alone, I walk with her 'till morning
Without her, I feel her arms around me
And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and she has found me
In the rain, my life reflects before me
I still believe our love was meant to be
In the darkness, I find the light her eyes
And all I see is her and me forever and for all time
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm just a friend and nothing more
And although I know that she is blind
Still I say there's a way for us
I love her, but when the night is over,
She is gone, she's with her Emerald
Without her, Homeworld around me changes
The stress still grows, and I know this won't be painless
I love her but every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, her world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known
I love her
I love her
I love her
But only on my own"
Rose sat under a tree to have shelter from the rain.
"Oh, Jasper," Rose said under her breath and continued to sob until the rain finally stopped.
Hey guys!
I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I have already figured out the whole storyline so I will update very often. Just in case, if you are wondering, this is not the end of my story. We actually still have quite a way to go before the story is over with.
As for all the questions that you all have been asking me, they all will be answered in due time. Just wait until the story is over.
Rose's song is a cover of On My Own from Les Miserables.
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Thank you!
Until next time!
~Stevidot4ever :)